Advertising device.



V. Dl MARIO.

ADVERTISING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 13. 1917.

1 75 6i 59 Patented Mar. 19, 1918.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 19, 1918,

Application filed October 13, 1917. Serial No. 196,476.

To all whom it may concern;-

, Be it known that I, Vmcnnzo D1 Memo, a citizen of the United States,residing at Greensburg, in the county of Westmoreland and State ofPennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in AdvertisingDevices, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to an advertising device, and has for anobject to provide a talking apparatus which consists of a speakin figurethat will make recitati'ons and a ord amusement thereby, and

like-wise advertise different articles,

Another object of the present invention is a provision of a talkingdevice which con sists of the representation of a human figure by aframe construction and the provision of a housing for phonograph forreproducin the recitation of speech.

he principal object of the invention is the employment of a talkingdevice employing a human figure with a phonograph housed in the bodythereof, and sulta le mechanism arranged in operative connectiontherewith to actuate the lips of the figure in imitation of a persontalking.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists intheconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter set forthin and falling within the scope of the claims, wherein:-

Figure l is-a vertical sectional view of an advertising deviceconstructed in accordance with the resent invention and illustrating thep onograph and associated mechanism in elevation.

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the cam surface of a turn table.

In the drawings a support 4 holds a body portion 5 of a phonograph ofordinary construction which has at the rear thereof a winding key 6accessible from the exterior of the figure. Situated in the figure is anamplifier 7 supported by suitable brackets 8, while a stylus 9 and asound box 10 are carried at the outer end of a tone arm 11. The stylus 9of the sound box 10 contacts in the usual manner with a disk record 12.A. turn table 13 upon which the disk record 12 rests has connectedthereto a cam 14.

This turn table 13 is spaced from the body portion 5 of the phonographby a connecting rod 15. Said s ace' permittin amplitude of? movement orte 13 an prevents eontacting with the surface of the body portion 5.

The nether lip 17 of the figure consists of a section pivoted to theinner frame of the figure by a bolt 18, while a rod 19 is employed toconnect at its upper end with the terminus of the nether lip 17. At itslower end the rod is provided with an extended portion 20 formlng afinger over which the cam 14 rides. A guide 21 attached to the frontwall of the figure embraces the rod 19.

and limits the movement of a spring 22 coiled about the rod, while astop 23 made integral with the rod limits the upward movement of thespring, the latter normally holding the finger 20 1n contact with thecam-14.

In the neck portion of the figure elastic material 24 is employed toenable the nether lip 17 to move with a greater de cc of flexib1 ity,while in the side of t e figure a hin edly mounted door 25 isconstructed to one lo a person to have access to the stylus and recordswhen it is desired to change the same.

While I have shown and described one preferred form of my invention byway of illustration I wish it to be understood that I do not limit orconfine myself to the recise details of construction herein descrl edand delineated, as modifications and variations ma be made within thescope of the claims without departing from the spirit of the invention.

What I claim is 1. An advertising device comprising a housing formed asthe representation of a human figure, the lower jaw portion of saidfigure being pivoted, a sound reproducing device disposed within said fire and including a rotatable horizontal platform, a cam on'saidplatform, a rod pivotally connected with said pivoted jaw, and a springholding said rod in engagement with said cam.

2. An advertising device comprising a housing formed as therepresentation of a human figure, the lower aw of the figure beingpivoted, a sound reproducing device disposed within said figure andincluding a rotatable horizontal platform, a guide bracket within saidfigure, a rod pivotally connected at its upper ends with said pivotedjaw and having its lower end slidable through said bracket, a lateralextension on the extreme lower end of said rod, a cam depending from thelower surface of said platform and engaging the extension on said rod,and a spring holding said rod with said extension in engagement withsaid cam.

3. An advertising device comprising a housing formed as therepresentation of a human figure, the lower jaw of the figure beingpivoted, a sound reproducing device disposed within said housing andincluding a rotatable horizontal latform, a cam depending from the lowerside of said platform, a guide bracket within said figure adjacent theplatform, a rod vertically slidable through said bracket and havin itsupper end pivotally connected with said jaw and its lower end formedwith a lateral extension, a collar on said rod above said bracket, and aspring abutting against said collar and said bracket for holding-theextension on said rod in engagement with said camp In testimony whereofI afiix my signature.

VINCENZO DI MARIO.

